St. Louis is a city in the state of Missouri in the USA. It is on the banks of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Apart from its baseball and beer, it is famous for a grand arch called Gateway arch. This arch is the world’s tallest arch and many tourists visit St. Louis to see it. It is 630 ft tall and a famous tourist attraction. St. Louis a Gateway Arch city is also popular for beautiful architecture.
The Gateway Arch is considered as a gateway to the west and is one of the iconic monument in the US. As some part of the city falls in another county, it comes under Illinois state too. So, St. Louis is a city which is in two states.
My memories of St.Louis –
We went to St. Louis in 2002 when my elder one was just 5 months old. We travelled a lot when we were in the US and this was her second outstation trip with us. One of our close friends were travelling with us and their son was almost the same age as our daughter. So, if you are following this series, you must have observed that we travelled a lot with our daughter and quite early too.
St. Louis has extreme winters and when we went there it was snowing heavily. We didn’t expect it to be that cold and as we were with infants, it was a challenge for us to go out and explore the city. It was a weekend getaway from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 2 days were more than enough to cover the famous places.
Not a very clear picture of us in front of lakefront waiting for the ferry
The main attraction was the arch and we enjoyed our trip to the top of the arch. It is made up of stainless steel and a tram takes you up to the top of the arch. I remember how terrified I was to go in a tram with a baby but tram takes just 4 minutes to reach the top. So, in just 4 minutes, you are transported to the top of this 630 ft tall man-made monument. Although the tram gets little cramped due to a lot of people.
A riverside cruise takes you to the arch and the view from the top was worth visiting it. You can see the whole city from the top and the panoramic view is breathtaking. We also went to the Gateway arch national park and museum.
About St. Louis a Gateway Arch city-
St. Louis has many free tourist attractions like museums and monuments. The other places to see are –
- Louis Zoo
- City Museum
- Missouri botanical garden
- Science museum
- Forest park etc.
If you are a fan of beautiful architectural monuments and museums, St. Louis is the place to be. The summers here are hot and pleasant but winters are very cold with average minimum temperatures as low as -2 degrees c.
I remember it felt as if the arch was moving while we were looking outside for the view. So, it was an adventurous trip but an exciting one. Hope you are enjoying my posts about places I have been to and discovering some new ones too.
I am sharing my memories of different places from my travel list this April.
#AtoZchallenge 2019 previous posts –
A for Amritsar
B for Bangalore
C for Chicago
D for Delhi
E for evergreen Kerala
F for Fun Las Vegas
G for Goa
H for Haridwar
I for Mackinac Island
J for Jammu
K for Kullu Manali
L for Los Angeles
M for Milwaukee
No for Niagara Falls
O for Orlando
P for Phuket
Q for Queen of Hills Mussoorie
R for Rare masterpiece Agra
April 22, 2019 at 8:29 am
Another beautiful post! seems like an interesting place
April 22, 2019 at 9:28 am
Another lovely write up about your travels and explorations
April 22, 2019 at 11:45 am
Wow the place looks so amazing and would love to visit this place sure in future. bookmarking all USA places and will keep in the mind while planning next vacations.
April 22, 2019 at 12:17 pm
This series would have brought back so many fond memories for you Deepa?. I am enjoyed the read of your trips a lot ♥️. You did a fab job this AtoZ
April 22, 2019 at 2:55 pm
A great post. Learnt a lot from this post. Specially, St Louis being the gateway to west.
April 22, 2019 at 3:04 pm
You have stayed in and traveled to so many places around the world that I feel like I am doing a time travel with you in some known and a lot of new destinations.
April 22, 2019 at 3:31 pm
St Louis seems like such a beautiful place! That Arch is a marvel of architecture! Hope to visit someday!
April 22, 2019 at 3:35 pm
Isn’t there a famous old movie about St. Louis? It’s supposed to be beautiful. Would love to visit it someday!
April 22, 2019 at 4:08 pm
Thanks for introducing a new place to me. You write in a great manner.
April 22, 2019 at 6:44 pm
So many places, so many memories, You take us for a virtual ride through your posts 🙂
April 22, 2019 at 9:30 pm
Interesting places. I will say your old pic is lovely. Keep going.
April 22, 2019 at 11:11 pm
Woah!! I mean taking you all the way up there.. awesome. This place is hell of a weather mixer grinder I believe. Great memories Deepa.
April 22, 2019 at 11:57 pm
Wow! What a marvelous architecture! The view of the entire city from the top of the arch must be simply AMAZING!
April 24, 2019 at 2:22 pm
I grew up in Illinois. Right across the river from that Arch. St. Louis was a 70 trip straight west. Been there many many times.
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April 25, 2019 at 5:50 pm
What a view it must be from the top, kept me thinking while looking at the picture.
April 25, 2019 at 7:27 pm
Hope to visit this amazing destination someday. Your pictures are the show stealer in very post, Deepa.
April 25, 2019 at 10:58 pm
The ride up that huge arch will definitely scare me out of my wits but it would be totally worth it! It is such a good thing that you’ve travelled with your kids from such a young age, Deepa. I’ve seen many people put off their trips for this reason.